SIMPLE PAST TENSE

She ___ to the store yesterday.

• a. goes
  

• b. gone
  

• c. went
  

• d. going

Answer explanation

Go is present tense.

Went is the past tense for go.

They ___ a movie last night.

• a. watches
  

• b. watched
  

• c. watch
  

• d. watching

Answer explanation

Watch is a regular verb.

Past tense for regular verb:

verb+ed.

He ___ (to play) football with his friends last Saturday.

• a. play
  

• b. played
  

• c. playing
  

• d. plays

Answer explanation

Play is a regular verb.

Past tense: Verb+ed

We ___ (to visit) our grandparents last summer.

• a. visited
  

• b. visits
  

• c. visiting
  

• d. visit

Answer explanation

Visit is a regular verb.

Regular verb: verb+ed.

Past tense for visit,

visit+ed=visited.

He ___ his homework last night.

• a. do
  

• b. did
  

• c. does
  

• d. doing

What ___ you ___ (to eat) for breakfast this morning?

• a. do, eat
  

• b. does, ate
  

• c. did, ate

• d. did, eat

Answer explanation

Did is the past tense for do.

Verb after did is root verb.

Origin

She ___ (to see) a beautiful painting at the museum.

• a. see
  

• b. sees
  

• c. saw
  

• d. seeing

Answer explanation

See is an irregular verb.

Saw is the past tense for see.

I ___ my keys this morning.

• a. lose
  

• b. lost
  

• c. losing
  

• d. loses

Answer explanation

Lose is an irregular verb.

Past tense for lose is lost.

They ___ (to travel) to Japan last year.

• a. travel
  

• b. travels
  

• c. traveled
  

• d. traveling

Answer explanation

Travel is a regular verb.

Past tense: verb+ed.

Travel+ed

Identify the error in the sentence and correct it:

"He don't went to school yesterday."

• a. He didn't go to school yesterday.
  

• b. He didn't went to school yesterday.
  

• c. He don't go to school yesterday.
  

• d. He doesn't went to school yesterday.

Answer explanation

Did is the past tense for Do.

Verb after did is root verb.